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Band B+ Direct Entry 

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Test 

Grade or score 

IELTS 

7.0 (with 7.0 writing and no other component under 6.5)

Non UKVI/SELT IELTS 

7.0 (with 7.0 writing and no other component under 6.5)

TOEFL iBT and TOEFL iBT Home edition 

102 (with 27 writing and no other component under 25) 

Cambridge C2 Proficiency or C1 Advanced

185 (with a minimum of 185 for writing and a minimum of 176 for each other component) 

Cambridge O level English Language (1119-Malaysia; 1120-Brunei; 1125 or 1126-Mauritius; 1128-Singapore and 1123 all other countries) 

Grade C or above 

Cambridge IGCSE First Language English 

Grade C or above 

Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language 

Grade B or above 

GCSE English Language 

Grade C/grade 4 or above 

Password Online (offered through Durham University 

7.0 (with 7.0 writing and no other component under 6.5) 

Pearson Academic (PTE) 

68 (with no less than 68 in Writing and 62 in each other Communicative Skill) 

Trinity ISE (revised) Language Tests taken in the UK on the same day 

Level III or above (with a merit in both modules)